Maritime workers vow to picket oil firm in Bayelsa

Maritime workers in Bayelsa State on Monday said that nothing would stop them from disrupting the activities of Conoil Producing Nigeria Limited in the state on Wednesday.

The workers said the planned industrial action would stop all the oil drilling activities of the company in Ango Field in Koluama Clan, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state.

The workers under the aegis of Maritime Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MWUN) said they took the decision as the last resort after exhausting other methods of resolving industrial disputes.

The state Chairman of the MWUN, Mr. Lloyd Sese, said the union had written many letters to the company to no avail.

“As a law abiding union we had severally written to the company requesting for a meeting with its management concerning its operations in Ango Field located at Koluama which by virtue of its Martime Environment falls within the coverage of the union to no avail.

“The nonchalant attitude of the management made the union to give the company 21 days ultimatum to meet with the union or face the risk of being picketed by the union. The 21 days ultimatum given by the union has since expired hence this press release.

“We wish to announce here that the union shall mobilise its members and every resource at its disposal and proceed to Ango Field location at Koluama on Wednesday,” he said.